On 1st April 2013, I began traveling slowly across West Africa as a Location Independent Multipreneur, sharing updates on this blog.But on 4th May 2014, my 9 year old domain was taken over by Aplus.net. THIS, is the "reincarnated" blog on my new domain: TayoSolagbade.com. Click "What Happened to SpontaneousDevelopmentDotCom ?" below :-))

Archive | April, 2014

If you’re a parent in Nigeria, you really – and I mean REALLY(!) – need to read the story told by Ayodeji Adeyeye, about the traumatizing JAMB examination centre experience, his 2 daughters had during the recent 2014 exams. Unless you’re like one of the adults he says orchestrated the massive exam malpractices he described, […]

Many small business owners hold grossly misguided views about marketing. Most do not track Cost of Customer Acquisition (COCA) – a crucial parameter that determines profits! Smallholder farmers in Africa are especially guilty of this. That’s why most will question this article’s title. And it’s also why they rarely find profitable buyers! FACT: You Do […]

Over a decade ago, I read an article about Bill Gates, in which he said that he saw his software business as a big bus, with no brakes, no clutch, and no rear view mirror. The bus however had an accelerator pedal, on which was placed a very heavy weight to ensure that it continued […]

When serious potential buyers show great interest in a solution, you don’t want to keep them waiting. Yesterday, I launched a new product i.e. my Sales and Marketing Coaching Service for Farm CEOs. And I’ve not been surprised by the serious enquiries I’m getting about it from old clients. My interactions with them had told […]

[Verbatim Video Transcript Text] It’s taken me about 9 years of serving farm CEOs to decide to offer this service. During this period I have interacted with farm CEOs of all kinds. Some are part-time farm owners, employed in high profile jobs like Oil companies and multinational manufactures. Both the part-time and full time farm […]

“Mr Tayo, Good morning. I’m greatly pleased with your advice and sale strategies given to promote increase in yields and low over head costs. Please kindly permit me to use this avenue to request every assistance you could offer in getting buyers for my cat fish. I live in Akure, in Ondo state. I really […]

The BBC’s “Doing business in Nigeria” article linked below, went live yesterday, and is trending ferociously. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27081948. Isn’t it amazing that a newspaper outfit run by a Pulitzer prize winning journalist could have failed in Nigeria, as described in the article? That reminds me of Richard Branson’s Virgin Nigeria airline partnership that failed in Nigeria […]

FACT: I never experienced poverty as a child. But as a startup entrepreneur, I’ve suffered such severe lack of money, that my parents and siblings had to help with paying my rent, kids’ school fees etc! Now, no offense to the reader, but if you’ve never experienced SEVERE lack of money, for prolonged periods(read: years!), […]

Over the past decade, my ability to constantly innovate, has earned me massive name recognition I use to successfully attract buyers worldwide. In this writeup, I explain why/how any willing expert, in any field, can succeed the same way. SCROLL DOWN TO READ FULL ISSUE Home | Subscribe | About | Contact Publication: Weekly Public Speaking IDEAS Newsletter Date: Monday21st […]

Here’s a recent phone SMS from a prospect (edited for clarity): "Tayo, good evening. I read your article online – Producing Good Catfish Is Important (But Finding Good Buyers Is Imperative).Thank you for such insight. I want to start a catfish farm business from scratch as a business. Please any helpful information to get me […]

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This CSI series is a public service to give CEOs, & those aspiring, ready-to-use experience-based information & education. The purpose is to promote experience-sharing amongst CEOs, about Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) are tried and tested practical techniques/methods developed by active players in a venture to get improved results, often through application of creativity and innovation.

No. 1. Guest: Roseline Imoudu

...a retired senior manager from a popular multinational, now - owner of a Recirculating Aquaculture System (aka RAS) based Seed Catfish Production Farm Business in Nigeria's Ibadan.